The Republican journal., 1887-11-17
The York Deeds,

The Maine legislature. in lSN:;, appropriated
- 600 to ai'l in the, publication of the first four
volumes in The York registry of deeds, if the
Maine Historical society should cause these an
rient records to hc copied. printed i'll the same
manner a> ,he suffolk toeds publ, ,hc,i by the
city Of boston. ans att,s; ;e,l hy the register OF
,.oo.> At Alfred Ihe Historical Society is
signed tlio appropriation to Mir JOHN i. Hull,
wio liHdciic,i ia ;jbi,l. The work aud sue
ccclr,i. after considerable effort, ii svrurin"
subscriptions 70 the amount of about 1000
| more ndcr the direction of the society, As
required hy the legislature. William NJ. Sul-
gent. i.~'.. of Portland. was employcd in 1856
to copy The records, and the first volume. now
published, ha, been printed by Brown, Thurs
ION ~ 90. It i ;rc,litab'o to all conference.-the
the state. the Historical Society, the publisher,
tgan,rriber and printers. Following the gen
cral method pursued by the editor OF the Suf-
folk Deeds. the text has been reproduced pre-
cistly IL ii stands in The original record. Hera-
| i'm q YHActNntiiH. and 4 copiouS series Of in
deXes makes all the information in the volume
instantly available. The Typography is great
improN Ment upon the printing of the Suffolk
Deeds. The record begins in lGi2 and extends
to 1886. Duling the period covered by this
liE>t book OF dce,ls. the representatives of Sir
EcrGinando Gor-es. of Alexander Rigby and
ii III" Duke Of York. The general court of
Massachusetts and the royal commissioners
sent over in 1864. all claimed and exercised
jurisdiction within the present limits of Maine.
Gorge> and Ri-by expected to trans pint the
t1u,ai land system of England to America.
An historical sketch is preiiNed to the text of
the deeds, explaining these conflicting claims
and tnc general course Of the carly history of
Maine. The Portland Transcript says. ''the
history OF Tie proprietary charters granted i'll
Maine is tangled shein, never skilfully un-
rayced as in this mastery productions 50 clear
i'll statement so judicial in tone. 50 full and eN-
act in dates" The Portland Press says, NO
book OF greater Importance in an historical
point of view has been published in New Eng
| land for a long time" The Magazine of Amcri-
can History recommends the volume rs ''of
SURPRISING interest and value to all classes Of
students "a. we'll rs the historian," and observes
| that the Introduction contains the first attempt
to reconstruct the history of Maine with the
new and important material which has ac-
| cumulate,i Since Williamson wrote his great
work, and WAS inaccessible to him. Mr.. Hull
has printed an edition somewhat larger than
the Subscription calls for, ald copies may still
he obtained On application 10 him. Portland
Advertiser.
The judge artly depicts the Cleveland Adj
| mni>traton as one Of Much promi.e--no
performance" In the text accompanying
striking cartoon it says: The hardy fisherman
from Maine hardly lifts his finger before Bay
ard tells him to move ON. Villas taunts the
captain of an American steamer with, '.Your
| expected mal-pouch is OH board a British ship"
| The nervous manufacturer is assured of further
| financial disturbances. The managers assure
| their admirers that the rascals are in and re-
| grct that there were none to turn out. The
union-soder passes on and out and cover the
| hill to the poor-housc." The defrauied south
ern whites, as well as southern blacks have the
ballots snatched from their hands, as lacking
| Democratic endorsement.